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Inspectors in connection with outworkers, etc., is dealt with
on pages 128-133.
The inspections made during 1908 in connection with the
13 factories were made with a view to seeing if the requirements
of the Acts as to w.c. accommodation for the employees
had been complied with. This is the only duty in
regard to factories that falls to the Sanitary Inspector. In
the 13 factories there were found to be 49 workrooms, wherein
was employed, at the time of inspection, 396 persons—15
young persons (females) and 381 adults (76 males and 305
females).
The importance of workshops and workplaces being kept
under constant supervision is new admitted by all, and the
details tabulated in the present Report go to shew the great
increase of work thrown upon a Sanitary or Health
Authority in the systematic carrying out of the provisions
of the Factory and Workshop Acts. In this connection,
the value of the work of the Female Sanitary Inspectors is
noteworthy (vide Special Report dealing with this particular
work, pp. 128-133).